Thank you, Madam Chair.
Welcome.
My first question is for Ms. McDiarmid and it is related to the construction sector.
Several of the people here today told us that it has not been easy for women, even today, to enter non-traditional occupations, whether because of day care problems or because of equity or equality in the workplace. We have major projects that need many construction workers, in Newfoundland, Alberta, and British Columbia, where the Olympic Games took place just recently.
Ultimately, what have you done to make these places and jobs more accessible to women whose situation in construction has not made much progress for a number of years? We know that the construction sector is not an easy environment. Supposedly, men yell, and so on. The women have to deal with that. There is also the issue of harassment. Could you comment on that topic?